Diamond Announces Top Products for June 2013 @Marvel @DCComics @ImageComics

Posted by
William Wade II
July 8, 2013

Diamond Comic Distributors has released their June 2013 product sales data. Included are Top Comic Book Publishers by Retail Market Share & Unit Share, Comparative Sales, Top 10 Comics, Graphic Novels, Toys, and Games. While Marvel is still controlling the market share, DC had a big month with the Top 3 comics, and Image took the Top 2 Graphic Novels.

"(BALTIMORE, MD) - (July 5, 2013) - Out of control satellites and a government conspiracy pose new challenges for the Man of Steel in Scott Snyder and Jim Lee's Superman Unchained #1 from DC Comics, the best-selling comic book to specialty retailers in June 2013, according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.

Marvel Comics was June's leading publisher with a 32.77% market share in retail dollars and a 38.29% market share in units. DC Entertainment was second with a 29.57% share in dollars and a 32.03% share in units. June's comics sales declined slightly from May, a five week month. Second quarter print sales were up over the first quarter by nearly 5%, and year-to-date print sales are up nearly 12% over 2012..

Rick Grimes and his band of survivors must adjust to life under Negan's rule in Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead Volume 18: What Comes After from Image Comics, the best-selling graphic novel in June.

Michonne, the fan-favorite character from Kirkman's The Walking Dead, unleashed her fury and her katana on two walkers in McFarlane Toys' The Walking Dead: Michonne Resin Statue, the best-selling toy product to comic book specialty retailers in June.

Designed for retailers' HeroClix tournaments within their stores, NECA/WizKids' Marvel HeroClix: Fear Itself Month 2 Organized Play Kit, based on the Marvel Comics crossover event of 2011, was the best-selling games product to comic book specialty retailers in June."